(Check out Kim Voynar’s Black Dog movie review, in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “Black Dog,”  the latest film by director Guan Hu (The Eight Hundred, The Sacrifice), opens moodily with a languid shot panning […]

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One of the best things about attending a small regional “getaway” fest like the Vashon Island Film Festival is getting to experience a community different from your own. Smaller fests tend to have a “homey” feel, the locals are welcoming, […]

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There’s something about getting away to the islands of the Pacific Northwest that always feels special, and a late summer island getaway weekend combined with a film festival is even better. Last year I took the walk-on water taxi over […]

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In just a few short weeks I’ll be landing at the ferry dock for the 2nd Annual Vashon Island Film Festival (VIFF), which I wrote about here last year for its debut season. The fest’s first year was a very […]

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The last day of the Vashon Island Film Festival wrapped up with the fest’s awards being presented by fest head Mark Sayre. James Morosini’s I Love My Dad, starring Patton Oswalt, took home the Quartermaster Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, […]

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Our final day at the inaugural Vashon Island Film Festival was the kind of gorgeous August day that made me fall in love with the Pacific Northwest so many years ago. The mountain was out. Crystal-clear shimmering waters, reflecting cloudless […]

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When I’m attending a small regional festival like the Vashon Island Film Festival, one of the things I like to do is take in the culture and community in which the fest is taking place. Vashon Island is a small […]

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There are no bridges or tunnels to get to Vashon Island, only ferries and a water taxi. While it’s not quite the journey from my house in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle that it is to get out to […]

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From the pebbly shores of the beaches at popular Lincoln Park in West Seattle you can see Vashon Island floating off in the distance, cool, serene. Chill. Even from across the water, Vashon Island gives off a vibe. It’s deliberately […]

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